Another big metro BLUE DOG

With the warm current still cranking and weather forecast looking do-able, me, Daz (DazSamFishing), Bodie (Bodie) and Troy (Baron) headed out on the big girl for a day of burning fuel, drinking beer and hoping for another metro marlin.

 

Run out was good, hit one of the FADS for a quick dolly, plenty there but they were pretty shy, but Daz showed us a little trick and we got one on stick bait. Then headed out to the warm water. 

 

Spread out on the Regulator.

After 6 hrs of nothing including heading half way to Madagascer, we were all feeling a bit sleepy after several beers and too much rocky road, then boom, short rigger gets pulled from the clip.

After a few moments of imitating Fraggles with arms waving on the air, we looked out the back to see if we should clear the spread as not much line was getting pulled, and then saw a big blue dog hairing across the surface outrunning the boat, this thing was big and angry, jumping out of the water and getting in front of the boat with a big lure hanging out of its gob. 

 

Had to speed up the boat to get in front of it, then the boys cleared the spread and Troy locked in for a monumental fight. 

It was more than 30 minutes before we saw the leader for the first time, Daz just touched it and it took off again, and this cycle was repeated another 6 times.  This thing was not playing nice, it ran under the boat several times and the inexperienced Marlin skipper (me) was not helping things.....

 

Just when we thoughts we had it beat, it bashed its bill on the side of the boat (another scar for the Reg) and dove under the boat and wrapped the line through the ladder bracket and around one of the props....In Bodies words "This is a disaster!".....

 

Daz pulled his shirt off (normally he does not have a good reason except when "Im too Sexy" comes on the radio) but in a blink Daz was in the water and screaming for the motors to get shut off....Troy backed the drag off, Daz wrangled the line from around the prop then the ladder and the Blue ripped another 50 m of line while we dragged "Fabio" back on deck out of 1000m of water.....the shirt never went back on...... 

Another 10 minutes and we had it to the boat. One epic battle, we managed a few quick photos but this thing was not done, it rag dolled Bodie and Daz who were both hanging on to its bill, spat the hook and took off into the cobalt blue water....no need to swim this bad boy. 

 

Brilliant job guys, it took all 4 of us to land this fish, for Troy, a fish of a lifetime, for all of us, more tall stories to be told at the MAAC for years to come!

      

 

  

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Fraggles

Fri, 2021-03-12 09:11

 Fraggles,  pure gold.

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That's awesome

Fri, 2021-03-12 09:22

Great write up and photos, well done fellas! 

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legends

Fri, 2021-03-12 09:30

 onya boys, striking whilst the iron is hot. fuckin love it. 

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Well done lads, team effort

Fri, 2021-03-12 09:55

Well done lads, team effort there saving a disaster....Breakfast beers and rocky road, Thats living!

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That’s cool

Fri, 2021-03-12 11:50

hearts be pumping 

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 Awesome , deckie of the year

Fri, 2021-03-12 11:51

 Awesome , deckie of the year award must go to Daz for jumping in to free the line , well done. 

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Yew

Fri, 2021-03-12 11:52

 Just yewwww

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Epic!!

Fri, 2021-03-12 12:14

 And great writeup John!!!

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Good shit

Fri, 2021-03-12 12:42

good shit lads sounds like a fiesty one! hopefully the weather plays nice and we’ll be out for another shot too!!

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 Well done all round. Epic

Fri, 2021-03-12 12:57

 Well done all round. Epic battle only just won by the sounds of it . Can't believe you referred to fraggles,  havnt heard that in years 

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Stop it

Fri, 2021-03-12 16:51

Stop it John. This is just not right out of Perth 

great work again by you and the team. 

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Great day on the Reg

Fri, 2021-03-12 20:36

 What a day John's write up said it all im am grateful to the boys for a fishing day of a life time off perth it was a team effort thanks John Daz and Bodie.

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Dang a Lang

Fri, 2021-03-12 20:58

That's more than the goods!. Looks like the boat has finally paid it's own way. 

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Awesome

Fri, 2021-03-12 22:15

Awesome fishing boys. 

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 Great write up and sounds

Sat, 2021-03-13 08:06

 Great write up and sounds like an epic day out with the boys topped off by a fish of a lifetime in metro waters.

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 Wow. You guys are ticking

Sat, 2021-03-13 15:47

 Wow. You guys are ticking all the boxes.

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Well done

Mon, 2021-03-15 21:07

Well done lads